# Speak to me in succinct song lyrics **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 26, 2014, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666 "2014-06-26T02:54:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 46
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/901 "2014-08-13T14:31:30Z")
Oh, you fake just like a woman. You make love just like a woman. And then you ache just like a woman. But you break just like a little girl. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/902 "2014-08-13T17:39:48Z")
She was robbed of her innocence Had no more time to play She’s only a little girl But she’s stronger than the flames ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/903 "2014-08-13T17:59:25Z")
And in our haste To grow up too soon We left our innocence On Desert Moon ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/904 "2014-08-13T19:24:39Z")
Follow the dreamer, The fool, and the sage Back to the days of The innocent age. ---
**Author:** ![zadscmc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a183cd/32.png) [@zadscmc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zadscmc)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/905 "2014-08-13T19:39:16Z")
And so you and I We’ll watch our years go by We’ll watch our sweet dreams fly Far away, but maybe someday ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/906 "2014-08-13T19:40:34Z")
Sweet dreams are made of this Who am I to disagree? I travel the world and the seven seas Everybody’s looking for something ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/907 "2014-08-13T20:32:34Z")
Lay down, your sweet and weary head The night is falling, you have come to journey’s end Sleep now, and dream of the ones who came before They are calling from across the distant shore ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/908 "2014-08-13T20:35:59Z")
Lay down my dear brothers, lay down and take your rest Won’t you lay your head upon your savior’s breast I love you, but Jesus loves you best And I bid you goodnight, goodnight, goodnight. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/909 "2014-08-13T20:38:10Z")
Warm wind caress her Her lover it seems Oh, Annie, Dreamboat Annie My little ship of dreams ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/910 "2014-08-13T20:50:24Z")
Wooden ships on the water very free and easy Easy, you know the way it’s supposed to be Silver people on the shoreline let us be Talkin’ 'bout very free and easy ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/911 "2014-08-13T21:04:59Z")
I wish I was a fisherman, tumblin’ on the seas Far away from dry land, and its bitter memories Casting out my sweet line, with abandonment and love No ceiling bearin’ down on me, save the starry sky above ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/912 "2014-08-13T22:31:15Z")
Starry, starry night Paint your palette blue and gray Look out on a summer’s day With eyes that know the darkness in my soul ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/913 "2014-08-13T22:59:47Z")
Well, if she wants to see me You can tell her that I’m easily found Tell her there’s a spot out 'neath Abram’s Bridge And tell her there’s a darkness on the edge of town There’s a darkness on the edge of town ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/914 "2014-08-13T23:55:08Z")
My world is spinning around, Everything is lost that I found. People run, come ride with me, Let’s find another place that’s free. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/915 "2014-08-14T00:50:42Z")
Wouldn’t you like to ride in my beautiful balloon? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/916 "2014-08-14T00:54:07Z")
I’d like to be under the sea In an octopus’s garden in the shade. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/917 "2014-08-14T01:07:26Z")
Under the sea, under the sea, There’ll be no accusations, Just friendly crustaceans Under the sea. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/918 "2014-08-14T02:18:16Z")
Walk on the ocean Step on the stones Flesh becomes water Wood becomes bone ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/919 "2014-08-14T03:47:14Z")
Well I dreamed of you last night, in a field of blood and stone The blood began to dry, the smell began to rise Well I dreamed of you last night, Bobbie, in a field of mud and bone Your blood began to dry, and the smell began to rise ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/920 "2014-08-14T03:52:42Z")
Bite chunks out of me You’re a shark and I’m swimming My heart still thumps as I bleed And all your friends come sniffing [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=45) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=47)